Stackable folding screen

ABSTRACT

Screen panels are held together pivotally and respective screen panels have an interior decorative panel fitted within a groove of the side panels and a removeable border panel enabling the decorative panels to be changed as desired. The border panels preferably have outwardly opening holes for receiving pegs to enable one or more screen panels to be fitted together.

This application claims the benefit of the filing date of provisionalapplication Ser. No. 60/496,236 filed Aug. 20, 2003.

FIELD OF THE INVENTION

The present invention relates to folding screens that may be stackableand may have the decorative panels interchanged.

BACKGROUND

Folding screens are known to partition rooms and smaller screens havebeen proposed which may be used to conceal clutter, such as on a desktop or the counter top of a kitchen. Such folding screens are typicallysized to fit on a kitchen counter below the cabinets often found in thekitchen, and at times a larger screen may be desired.

It is therefore, an object of the present invention to provide foldingscreens that may be secured removably together.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

Screen panels are held together pivotally and respective screen panelshave an interior decorative panel fitted within a groove of the sidepanels and a removeable border panel enabling the decorative panels tobe changed as desired. The border panels preferably have outwardlyopening holes for receiving pegs to enable one or more screen panels tobe fitted together.

These and other objects, advantages and features of the presentinvention will become apparent from the description given below of apreferred embodiment, which description is made in conjunction with thefollowing drawing figures.

FIG. 1 is a prospective view of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is an exploded view of one screen panel of the present invention;and

FIG. 3 is an enlarged view of a connecting peg.

As shown in FIG. 1, screen panels 10, 20 and 30 are hinged together byhinges 12 so as to be foldable, and the screen panels have an interiordecorative panels 14, 24 and 34 having any desired color orornamentation. As shown in FIG. 2 for screen panel 30, the screen panelsare formed of side panels 36 and 37 preferably made from wood, andborder panels 38 and 39 also made preferable from wood. The upper borderpanel is removeable and connecting pegs 42 are embedded within arespective side panel. The connecting pegs 42 fit within bores 45 havinginternal circular springs within the upper border panel to provide aquick connect/disconnect. Preferably, each screen has comparablestructures enabling the upper border to be removed. The decorativepanels are fitted slidably within a groove formed along the inside edgeof the of side panels so the decorative panels can be interchanged withthe upper border panel removed. With the upper border removed from ascreen panel, the decorative screen can be slid from receiving groovesso the decorative screen panels may be changed.

The border panels of one or more of the screen panels also has bores 47having internal circular springs to receive connecting pegs 42 so that auser may fit and secure screen panels on top of one other oralternatively may remove the upper borders and fit another section ofscreen panels on top to provide a screen of greater height.

As shown in FIG. 3 showing an enlarged view of a connecting peg, 42 thepegs are formed with spiraling grooves 43.

1. A plurality of screen panels held together pivotally and respectivelyformed of side panels and upper and lower border panels held togetherand an interior decorative panel fitted within a groove of the sidepanels; at least one of said border panels being removeable to enablethe decorative panels to be changed as desired.
 2. The screen panels asset forth in claim 1, said border panels having outwardly opening holesfor receiving connecting pegs to enable one or more screen panels to befitted together.